Practical Practice Management Blog

The following short quiz consists of 4 questions and (allegedly) tells whether you are truly ready for ‘management’. 1. How do you put a...

After I watched the video review, I started thinking about why good management practices are so important.  And the reason is that they...

Continuing education is the key to improving not only your skills but the skills of those you serve.  The better you are at being a...

To do list or not to do list….what is a good way to plan your day.   You make your list and set out to get all of the items checked off...

It is never fun when you have to deal with employee problems of any type. Whether they are late to work, slow on the job or they talk...

Every business person knows the more successful you are at retaining customers/clients the more successful your business will be.  The...

We each go to work everyday for many different reasons, I hope one of them is that you really enjoy what you do each day enough to look...

“if your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” ~John Quincy Adams Working in an...

The video below reminds me of a lecture that I attended a year ago given by Jesus Vazquez, PMAC, who also writes for this blog. The title...

At first the symptoms may not be easy to pinpoint and Band-Aids are handed out for quick fixes.  As time goes on it becomes very apparent...

Sadly we humans do it all of the time.  We see someone and based on what we see we make a decision about the person, what is going on,...

I shake my head every time I hear this.  Why would you want to keep someone who only performed half of what was needed, just because it...

Many years ago, 13 to be exact, I had only two employees that worked in our medical office and they happened to be pretty good friends. ...

Is your goal to help your staff members grow and succeed in their career with the company?  Do you have pre-planned questions that you...

These are excellent questions that need to continually be posed to our team on a regular basis so we can continue to improve on the...

If employees “become good at who they are, they will be great at what they do” Engaged Employees by Sam Glenn 08/12/14

What do you do when poor performance starts to become an employees regular performance?  I am sure we have all worked in places where we...

But everyday there seems to be more important things that get my attention and I was having a hard time finding a block time to get...

The business owner, supervisor or manager should not be the only ones in the office that delegate.  When working as a team, many times...

Making and counting widgets is one thing, evaluating, communicating and motivating people is quite another and not a position to take...